quick-witted
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Enter Digby, a handsome, quick-witted and wealthy enigma who smells faintly of fig.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Being funny — truly, naturally funny — isn’t just about delivering a punchline well or being quick-witted.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
Celebrate the holidays with this quick-witted, revelatory and very sweet teacher-centric mockumentary-comedy created by and starring Quinta Brunson.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
In Ava Pickett's fresh adaptation, being staged at London's Rose Theatre, Emma Woodhouse still has all the trademark traits of our beloved original heroine – she's clever, quick-witted, meddling, haughty and occasionally cruel.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
The hat seemed to be asking rather a lot; Harry didn’t feel brave or quick-witted or any of it at the moment.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
